Ghazi · 1 year ago

Please Stop Asking Me To Sue James Somerton - Aftermath

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Please Stop Asking Me To Sue James Somerton - Aftermath

Ghazi · 1 year ago

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James Somerton is (was?) a YouTuber who covered queer issues in cinema. Thanks to a video by HBomberguy, we now know he was a plagiarist.

Article from Gita Jackson detailing the legal and other complications about mounting a law suite against Somerton

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First of all, it’s not my place to sue Somerton. The work I produced for Vice is owned by Vice, which was outlined in the contract I signed when I took the job.

Plagiarism is terrible. Not owning what you wrote by default is as bad. Dammit.

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